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Friday, January 21, 2011

10MostEffectiveTips.pdf (application/pdf Object)

10MostEffectiveTips.pdf (application/pdf Object)


Kathryn posted this article in our class webliography. It is a wonderful resource filled with practical application for the classroom. I want to return to this resource for my student teachers.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

What Everybody Ought to Know About Instructional Design » The Rapid eLearning Blog

What Everybody Ought to Know About Instructional Design » The Rapid eLearning Blog

My student, Hassan, posted the "awareness test" to his blog. I'd seen it before, but was happy to be reminded of it. This is a great reminder about how we should help our learners focus on the objectives. Along the same lines, it is important to remember the phenomena of cognitive over-load. There is so much going in the video that it is easy to miss the bear. If the bear is the focus, then, as designers we should decrease the activity in the foreground. Simple concept, but easy to forget when in the midst of design.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Kick Start Activity 1 – Beginner – Setting Up Your Blog | Teacher Challenge

Kick Start Activity 1 – Beginner – Setting Up Your Blog | Teacher Challenge

I accepted this challenge because I want more hands-on experience with blogging. I feel that you don't really learn something until you get your hands on it. I feel that blogging is a good way for me to reflect on my teaching and I need a place to build my repository of links to content about teaching and learning. Maybe the most important reason is that I ask my students to blog so I should model it.

Author Barbara Strauch on the secret life of the middle-aged brain | Need to Know

Author Barbara Strauch on the secret life of the middle-aged brain | Need to Know